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Stringing circle

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Any tips on how to reduce these strings?
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Interesting how it's only on one side
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It could be the tension from the bowden angle. Filament inside a bowden has preassure that can increase by the angle of the bowden. That's why some users buy ptfe bowden to change the pfa standard bowden (it's a litte bit more slippery).

Also maybe you have too much cables around the bowden making it curve too much on some positions.
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It looks like the temperature is slightly to low for the print speed.
This is the type of failure you get on the volume flow test for PLA, a slight 3-5'C temperature increase should solve the problem. If you are using the new Cura version check the settings for the speed of the walls, I don't print above 50mm/s for a 0.4mm nozzle.
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Thanks

I was printing 45mm/sec at 215. I'll see what 220 does on the next one
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220 really helped! I went from a bunch of strings to maybe just one or two.
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You know why?

More heat, less tension inside the bowden. Filament inside the bowden compress/decompress with each move. If you print hotter the filament exits faster and there's less back-preassure from the hotend, so when you retract it flex less.
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That's good to know.

Asides 3 minor blobs on top....I'd call it almost perfect!
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Well same temp speed and fan all through print. Suspect filament tangled and cleared itself. Thoughts?
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I think you are just over the top end of the optimum temperature and speed for the material. Sometimes pushing the temperature up to maintain a high speed doesn't work as sometimes the material almost seems to harden in the nozzle and not flow, I would drop the speed by 10mm/s, some times a print speed of say 40mm/s means doing the job in 1 build.
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Well I decided to try a different brand filament. I have two rolls of Matterhackers PLA Pro still sitting in their vac-packing and desiccant

I have used their black filament with no issues, but it was super glossy and made you wonder if you had a melting print!

I cracked open and loaded the yellow filament and am really impressed with the results...
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I have a new spool of Colorfabb Dutch Orange en route and am curious how that will perform.

I usually have really good luck with Colorfabb but maybe it's time to sample some other brands.
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Just wondering. What's your room temperature?
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Basement is warm this time of year...on the humid side too.
65F down there last night
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So 18C? That's quite cold. Nevermind. I had some really bad problems with colorfabb as soon the room temp goes 27-28C
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Use a dehumidifier if you have your printer in a basement room. Your printer, your prints and your filament say 'thank you'... ;-)
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